ESM-08-275 Sprinter

7029 - Barton-under-Needwood por Andrew Edkins Por Flickr: 7029 “Clun Castle” pictured at Barton-under-Needwood hauling the Shakespeare express.

In just a few more generations of selective breeding we can turn this puppy into the toblerone train.

What if a suburban tank engine was nuclear powered?

The class UT5 is a concept for what that might look like, with a heaping influence of slightly Americanized British motive power. Brownie points to anyone who can guess the three IRL locos I used as reference!

The size reference is Bob Hannigan, who drove 6110 on commuter service around the northern suburbs of Capital on the Imperial homeworld, out of the Wolton Green depot.

Western Region Day at the ELR por David Barker

We love making up fantasy railways. Wizard towers need rail access too. How else do they get all those reagents?

I wonder if anyone has ever informed Tumblr about the concept of the "Freelance" in model railroading?

It's basically OCs but for railroads. If you don't have a specific prototype that really does it for you, it's a time honored tradition in the hobby to go off and make up your own, oftentimes with *elaborate* lore. They can run the gamut from extremely serious, plausible, extremely well researched railroads with routes mapped out on Google Earth, to the John Allen school of "that's a fun idea, ship it" (see also: Emma the Organic Switcher)

It's a really fun little corner of the hobby

GWR tank engine mention!!!

How about some more?

Lancashire Fusilier por Mike 1501 Por Flickr: ex LMS black five no 45407 Lancashire Fusilier running round its train at Oxenhope

Holyhead Jubilee por Nigel Por Flickr: 20th may 2006 5690 Leander departs Holyhead to Crewe in fine style

BRIO car ferry for my ~7yo cousin, so he can muck about with toy trains in the tub. Hopefully it prints nicely.

Fulfilled my dream from when I was 10 and got a BR442 yippeee